Buffalo River (a.k.a. Niagara River)
The Buffalo River (River) is approximately 8.7 miles long with an approximate average width of 300 feet. It is formed by the confluence of the Buffalo and Cayuga Creeks. The River then empties into Lake Erie at the head of the Niagara River. The City Ship Canal, also referred to as the Buffalo Ship Canal, forms a spur of aquatic habitat that stretches approximately 1.4 miles parallel to the Lake Erie shoreline from the mouth of the River south to the Tift Nature Preserve.
- Date/Time Frame
- Mid-1800s–late-1900s
- Statute
- OPA
- State
- New York
- Substances
- Oil, polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, aniline, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes
- Injury
- Birds, Fish, Groundwater, Invertebrates, Mammals, Other Wildlife, Sediment, Surface Water
Consent Decrees:
2022.02.22
- Federal Trustees:
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- State Trustees:
- New York
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Honeywell International Inc.